The parents of Alfie Evans have had their appeal rejected by the European Court of Human Rights.

Kate James and Tom Evans, from Bootle, wanted judges at the European Court of Human Rights to examine issues relating to the future of their son after the High Court ruled that doctors at Alder Hey can stop treating Alfie.

Today the court dismissed the appeal and have declared their decision as "final."

A spokesperson for the ECHR said: "The European Court of Human Rights has today declared the application Evans v. the United Kingdom (application no. 14238/18) inadmissible, finding that there was no appearance of a violation of the rights and freedoms set out in the European Convention on Human Rights.

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"The decision in the case was taken by a committee of three judges. The decision is final.

"The Court has also rejected a request for an interim measure made by the applicants under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court to stay the order of the domestic courts permitting the withdrawal of Alfie Evans’s treatment.

"The applicants are the parents of Alfie Evans, born on 9 May 2016, who has been on ventilation in hospital after becoming seriously ill with a catastrophic and untreatable, progressive, neurodegenerative condition.